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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Fire and Emergency New Zealand - FENZ’s principal objectives, functions, and operating principles - Functions

12: Additional functions of FENZ

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"FENZ's extra jobs, like helping with emergencies and accidents, on top of its main jobs"

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You know that FENZ has some main jobs to do. FENZ also has some extra jobs to do, like helping with medical emergencies and maritime incidents. FENZ can do these extra jobs if it has the people and resources to do them. FENZ must make sure it can still do its main jobs, like the ones listed in section 11, before it starts doing these extra jobs. The extra jobs include things like rescues, helping at transport accidents, and responding to severe weather. FENZ can also help with other situations if it has the capability to assist. This includes things like promoting safe handling of hazardous substances and responding to incidents where a substance is a risk to people or the environment. FENZ can also do other jobs given to it by the Minister under section 112 of the Crown Entities Act 2004. You should know that FENZ working on these extra jobs does not change what other organisations have to do. Other organisations still have their own jobs to do, even if FENZ is helping. Some words have special meanings, like exclusive economic zone, which is defined in section 9 of the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977. A maritime incident is something that happens on a ship, aircraft, or offshore structure in certain areas, including the territorial sea and exclusive economic zone. New Zealand’s search and rescue region is the area where New Zealand is responsible for search and rescue under international law. An offshore marine structure includes things like artificial islands and submarine pipelines.

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Part 1Fire and Emergency New Zealand
FENZ’s principal objectives, functions, and operating principles: Functions

12Additional functions of FENZ

  1. The functions of FENZ are also to assist in matters as provided for in subsection (3), to the extent that FENZ has the capability and capacity to do so.

  2. However, before performing any functions under this section, FENZ must ensure that it retains the capacity and capability to perform the functions specified in section 11 efficiently and effectively.

  3. The matters are—

  4. responding to medical emergencies; and
    1. responding to maritime incidents; and
      1. performing rescues, including high angle line rescues, rescues from collapsed buildings, rescues from confined spaces, rescues from unrespirable and explosive atmospheres, swift water rescues, and animal rescues; and
        1. providing assistance at transport accidents (for example, crash scene cordoning and traffic control); and
          1. responding to severe weather-related events, natural hazard events, and disasters; and
            1. responding to incidents in which a substance other than a hazardous substance presents a risk to people, property, or the environment; and
              1. promoting safe handling, labelling, signage, storage, and transportation of hazardous substances; and
                1. responding to any other situation, if FENZ has the capability to assist; and
                  1. any other function conferred on FENZ as an additional function by the Minister in accordance with section 112 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

                    1. This section does not limit or affect the responsibilities of any other organisation in relation to the situations specified in subsection (3).

                    2. In this section,—

                      exclusive economic zone means the exclusive economic zone of New Zealand as defined in section 9 of the Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977

                        maritime incident means an incident that occurs on a ship, an aircraft, or an offshore marine structure within—

                        1. the territorial sea; or
                          1. the exclusive economic zone; or
                            1. the continental shelf; or
                              1. the waters beyond the exclusive economic zone and above and beyond the continental shelf, but within New Zealand’s search and rescue region

                                New Zealand’s search and rescue region means the region in respect of which New Zealand has search and rescue responsibilities under international law

                                  offshore marine structure includes—

                                  1. an offshore installation that is an artificial structure used or intended to be used in or on, or anchored or attached to, the seabed for the purpose of exploration for, or the exploitation or associated processing of, any mineral; and
                                    1. an artificial island; and
                                      1. a floating platform; and
                                        1. a submarine cable; and
                                          1. a submarine pipeline.